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No one will be charged in the death of a 21-year-old Circleville woman during a neighborhood
street brawl involving at least nine people on March 28.

Authorities lack evidence to charge any juvenile with the death of Brittany Jeffers and a
grand jury refused to indict any adults after considering charges of involuntary manslaughter, said
Pickaway County Prosecutor Judy Wolford.

Four adults and four juveniles — four from each warring faction — were arrested on rioting
charges following the death of Jeffers. An autopsy determined she died from bleeding in the brain
caused by a ruptured cerebral artery.

But, there is no solid evidence showing how Jeffers suffered the fatal wound or who, if
anyone, inflicted it, Wolford said today.

Members of Jeffers’ family who witnessed the fight claimed she was punched and kicked in the
head by a teenage boy whom Jeffers’ mother earlier had identified to police as trying to break into
a nearby house.

Aggravated rioting charges were dismissed previously against three adults, with only Nicole
Leasure, 37, of Circleville, still facing the charge, a fourth-degree felony carrying up to 18
months in prison.

Delinquency cases against two juveniles have been resolved with sentences of short
detention-center stays and cases against two others still are pending in Pickaway County Juvenile
Court.

Emily Harvey, Jeffers’ mother, said the brawl began when a teenage girl yelled threats at her
family after she had reported the girl’s brother to police as an attempted-burglary suspect.

Wolford said Harvey and her family were upset that no charges would be filed in Jeffers’
death. Harvey could not be reached for comment.